An electric battery production complex has officially opened in the Moscow Special Economic Zone. The facility comprises two gigafactories, a research centre, and a product testing and certification centre.
The first gigafactory within the Moscow Special Economic Zone has already entered commercial operation, producing lithium cells and batteries for electric vehicles, freight transport, and industrial energy storage systems. Its production line manufactures one cell per second, totalling about 18 million cells a year—enough to supply up to 50,000 electric vehicles. The highly automated facility uses robots for 95% of its operations, keeping the maximum workforce to around 1,300.
The second gigafactory, focused on compact batteries, is scheduled to launch by the end of 2026, alongside the National Certification Centre in 2027. Once all new facilities in the Moscow Special Economic Zone reach their design capacity, Russia expects to meet most of its domestic demand for batteries independently by 2030.